Friday, August 3, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Hot Option Plays: Bonds Break, Bulls Run

DailyMarkets.com - Hot Option Plays: Bonds Break, Bulls Run

Hot Option Plays: Bonds Break, Bulls Run

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 08-03-2012
You can read about the Jobs data below but the real catalyst is the move in the Bonds. TLT, a bond ETF, is down -1.68% and this move is huge, not only for the beat up shorts in fixed income but also the longs in the equity market. This move in bonds is a potential signal that the Fed is not there to prop this market up and the money that has been plowing in since QE 1 & 2 will have to find a new home — a potential catalyst for stocks. Also check out the move in … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Hot Option Plays: Resistance Challenged

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 08-03-2012
It was clear that there were not many participants who wanted to go into the weekend short — not in equities, not in the Euro and not in the Oil markets. Earlier in the week I noted the weakness in the Small Caps, IWM, and today this segment was able to bounce off the 200 SMA. This is positive but I would like to see some conviction, like getting through $80 (looking at current implied volatility it infers roughly a 28% probability of that happening between now and … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Stock Picks For Next Week

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT

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Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI) is quickly approaching a big breakout if it can manage to trade above $2.20 on strong volume. A high volume move above this key level should set this stock up for a run back towards $2.3 to $2.36 or possibly even higher. Initial support is now 2.12. (13-day MA).

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LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) has a breakout point at $7.37 that would signal continuation of the uptrend. I would place a tight stop loss just above 7. … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

PEP Vs ZMH: Technical Vs Fundamental Analysis

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT

We're all often warned that we should be carefully about information we find on the internet.  Sometimes it's true, sometimes it's strictly opinion, sometimes it's offered with some ulterior motive and sometimes it's just inaccurate opinion.  Take for example the … Continue reading … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

WTF ‘Insights’ Of The Day

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT

1. “Stocks Soar on Surprisingly Strong July Job Report” (Associated Press)
Stocks are surging on Wall Street, breaking a four-day losing streak, after the government reported a sharp pickup in hiring by U.S. employers in July.
The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 226 points to 13,105 as of 3 p.m. on Friday. The Dow was heading for its best day since June 29.
Markets had been slumping all week after central banks in the U.S and Europe took no new action to shore up the economy, as many … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Wall Street Rallies On Jobs Report

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT

08/03/12 US stocks soared on Friday and settled higher for the week. Nonfarm payrolls expanded more-than-expected in July. Knight Capital Group recouped part of this week’s … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

100 Innovative Ways World Cities Are Improving Our Urban Landscape

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

KPMG recently published Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition which showcases the greatest infrastructure projects around the globe. The 100-page publication covers nearly every continent with projects in developed markets including Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia to those in emerging markets such as Brazil, India, Mexico and Turkey.
The focus of the report is to highlight education, health, recycling, waste management, and water solutions to promote better urban living. About half … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

From Today’s Jobs Report: Demand For Temporary, Manufacturing, And Oil/Gas Jobs Remains Strong

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

From today’s BLS Employment Situation report:

1. The number of “temporary help services jobs” increased by 14,100 in July to the highest employment level since January of 2008 when the recession was just getting started (see chart above).  This part of the labor market has now made almost a complete recovery from the effects of the recession, and suggests that the overall labor market will continue to gradually improve because the demand for temporary employment is generally considered … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Cardillo: “Jobs Report…leaves Door Open For Fed Help”

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 05:49 AM PDT

08/03/12 Rockwell Global Capital’s Peter Cardillo discusses FOMC and ECB monetary policy in the aftermath of the US jobs report and central bank rate … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Crude Oil Prices Pump Higher

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 05:19 AM PDT

08/03/12 Crude oil futures rallied over 5% on a strong nonfarm payrolls report and weaker US … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards
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